G C Gibson Charitable Trust

The GC Gibson Charitable Trust is a family-stewarded philanthropic fund with a mission to deliver sustained, meaningful support to small and medium-sized charities driving positive community change through modest, high-impact grants. Core values emphasize personal trustee engagement, long-term partnerships, recurring donations, flexibility across core costs, capital projects, and special initiatives, and trust in grantees' missions to catalyze enduring local impact. Their philosophy prioritizes continuity, relationship-building, and enabling essential operating expenses where funding amplifies tangible differences in beneficiaries' lives, fostering resilience through grassroots empowerment and adaptive responses to evolving needs.

They support diverse thematic priorities including health and medical research addressing physical disabilities, mental health counselling, and complex health needs like Batten disease; disability services enhancing facilities for wheelchair-using children, respite care, and inclusive activities for young people with learning disabilities; education initiatives like after-school clubs, skills training, and SEND provision; social care for elderly people experiencing isolation, hospice support, and family carer respite; community facilities strengthening social cohesion and economic development tackling youth unemployment and social disadvantage; arts, culture, heritage preservation, nature conservation, and animal welfare programs; religious activities and peer support groups. Beneficiaries encompass children and young people aged 5-19 facing barriers, families caring for disabled children, elderly residents, people with physical and learning disabilities, those with economic disadvantage, and general public seeking therapeutic activities, outreach, mentoring, and community-led interventions promoting person-centred, preventative wellbeing and inclusion.

They exclude small contributions to large-scale projects, favouring discrete capital or product purchases for new grantees in education, social inclusion, physical and mental health, while reserving revenue and core support for established partners. Distinctive for family governance, annual thematic focus, and preference for smaller charities demonstrating measurable local impact, they prioritize UK-wide diverse communities including rural areas, valuing evidence-based, holistic approaches, lived experience leadership, and organizations delivering therapeutic, trauma-informed services to isolated individuals, care leavers, and families in crisis without faith-based restrictions.